secure city police had come in to the town and decided the best way to identify who was violating the law on watching south korea television would be to kill all the power. they came to the family's home, they took hammers and hacked up the vcr they had. pulled out the tape which was frozen saw that was a south creern soap opera and took the entire family in to a prison camp. one member of that family, i believe, escaped. to give a little bit of personal testimony here, is our next speaker. .. he escaped from north korea. he hid in china alone for one year and then, with the help of the underground railroad, was able to make his way to of the united states consulate in northeast china where he was given sanctuary. he eventually made it to the united states in 2007 when he was 16 years old. for four years, though, he had effectively been on his own, beginning at the age of 12 after his father starved to death.er o he lived as what we would callsw almost a wondering street urchin. the name in carian refers to upg flustering sparrows. if only. when melanie asked him what his ivtivation was f